Toy fence.



F. GARNEY.

TOY FENCE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 17

Patented Sept. 5, 1911.

INVENTOR Fl SJ.

WITNESSES FIG.2.

COLUMBIA PLANOGIAFH C0,. WASHINGTON, D.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK CARNEY, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 W. R. WATTERSON, 0F PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

TOY FENCE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1911.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK OARNEY, a resident of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Fences, of which the following is a specification.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a simple and durable toy fence, formed entirely of sheet metal for use in connection with Christmas trees and other purposes that will present a pleasing and symmetrical appearance when set up and may be readily taken apart and rolled up into a small space when not in use.

The invention includes an improved construction of the panel and post members together with the means employed to join the various parts together and the manner of assembling them. It is characteristic of my device that when set up it will form a very substantial structure not easily overturned or gotten out of a'linement, and may be arranged either in curved or straight lines as desired.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction, and in the assemblage and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed and illustrated in preferred form in the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section of a portion of a fence embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on an enlarged scale, taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail of a portion of two of the panels and the post used to connect them. Fig. 4: is a similar view on an enlarged scale of one of the panel bars where it adjoins a gate post, illustrating the means employed to lock it in position, and Fig. 5 is a side View of a portion of the fence adapted for use on inclined surfaces.

Referring to the drawings, 2 indicates one of the main panels of the) fence which may be made of sheet metal and comprises two horizontal bars 3 connected by means of a series of vertical pickets 4: all formed out of a single sheet of metal of any desired length.

Square posts 5 made from a sheet metal blank folded as shown, having the lower ends turned outwardly to form supporting flanges 6 serve as supporting means for the panels and to bind them firmly together at their adjoining ends. Posts 6 are provided upon opposite sides, in line with bars 3, with openings 7 through which the ends 8 of the latter are inserted and bent around to lock the parts firmly together, as shown in Fig. 3. In order to make a neat joint and present a symmetrical appearance when set up, the end pickets 4 may each be made of half size, so as to form a complete picket adj acent post 5 when brought together and secured to the latter as above described.

A complete fence may be made by the employment of the panels and posts alone, as heretofore described, or gates 9 may be introduced at any desired point by the employment of posts 10 also formed of sheet metal folded into the desired form and pro-.

vided at their lower ends with supporting flanges 11, and upon one face adjoining the panel with vertical slots 12 arranged in line with bars 3 and adapted to receive downwardly extending hooks 13 formed upon the ends of the latter. Bars 3 are also provided with horizontally disposed flanges 14, adjoining hooks 13 and adapted to rest against the post when the hooks are in engagement with the slots in a manner to lock the parts firmly together and hold the panels in line therewith. The gate hinges are formed of vertically disposed pins 15 secured to the projecting ends 3 of the gate bars, and fitted to rotate in struck up lugs 16 formed upon one of the faces of posts 10.

Posts 10 may be provided at their upper ends with oil reservoirs 17 adapted to receive and support miniature lamps 18 which will greatly add to the appearance and utility of the device when set up in its entirety, as shown in Fig. 1.

All of the parts being of sheet metal, the structure will possess sufficient flexibility to permit of its being set up either in a square, circle, or any other desired form, and the connections will permit of its being readily taken apart and being exceedingly flexible and durable it may be rolled up into a small package, without injury. Furthermore, as all of the parts are interchangeable, it will be obvious that the gates may be introduced at any desired point, and additional panels and posts added to the structure at any time, and by simply arranging the bars, pickets, and connections at different angles the fence may be adapted j and intermediate their length for use on inclined surfaces, as shown in ets and longitudinal picket-connecting bars having extended flexible ends, and posts slotted to receive the flexible bar ends with said ends bent to hold the panels and posts together.

2. A toy fence consisting of flexible panels adapted to extend from one post to another, the panels having flexible end projections adapted to be bent into interlocking engagement with the posts, in combination with hollow posts slotted to receive the panel ends.

3. A toy fence consisting of flexible sheet metal panels adapted to extend from one post'to another, the panels having end projections for uniting with the posts, in combination with hollow sheet metal posts slotted vertically to receive the end proje'ctions of the panels.

it. A toy fence comprising panels provided with longitudinal bars and pickets connecting the same, the bars being extended beyond the pickets at each end, together with sheet metal posts provided at their lower ends with supporting flanges, with slots adapted to receive the extended ends of the bars to form joints.

5. A toy fence comprising panels provided with longitudinal bars and pickets connecting the same, the end pickets of each panel being cut in half lengthwise with the bars projecting outwardly therefrom, together with posts having vertically disposed slots to receive the projecting ends of the bars.

6. A panel for toy fences, comprising longitudinally disposed bars and pickets connecting the same, the bars being extended beyond the pickets at each end, the extensions at one end provided with downwardly extending hooks, and transversely disposed flanges adjacent the hooks, said hooks and flanges being adapted to engage and rest against a post to hold the panel firmly in position.

7. A toy fence comprising panels provided with longitudinal bars, pickets connecting the bars, the pickets at meeting ends of two panels being of half-picket formation and adapted to abut on one side of a post and forming a full picket, flexible projections on the half pickets, and posts slotted to receive the projections with the latter extending into the slots and bent into interlocking engagement with the posts.

8. A toy fence comprising panels provided with longitudinal bars, pickets connecting the bars, the pickets at meeting ends of two panels being of half-picket formation which are adapted to abut on one side of a post and form a full picket, flexible projections on the half pickets, and hollow posts having slots in opposite walls thereof with the half pickets meeting at one face of the post and the said flexible projections extending through the slots in the opposite post faces and bent around that face of the post opposite the face on which the panels meet.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK CARNEY.

Witnesses:

' F. E. GAITHER,

ELLA McCoNNnLL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

